वार्षिकांश् चतुरो मासान् यथा-इन्द्रो ऽअभिप्रवर्षति) । तथा-अभिवर्षेत्) स्वं राष्ट्रं कामैर् इन्द्रव्रतं चरन्) ॥
vārṣikāṃś caturo māsān yathā-indro 'abhipravarṣati) | tathā-abhivarṣet) svaṃ rāṣṭraṃ kāmair indravrataṃ caran) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
As Indra sends copious rain during the four months of the rainy season, even so let the king, taking upon himself the office of Indra, shower benefits on his kingdom.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.